Portrait of Countess DU BARRY
Photography
Inventory number
2018.2.23.21.PH.CI.1919.USAuthor:
International Newsreel Photo (American, 20th century)Description
Press photography of Countess DU BARRY on her arrival in New York from England on the S.S. Eten. She is the great-granddaughter of the famous DU BARRY of Lousi XV's time and was there to act in motion pictures in order to earn money to fight in the English Chancery courts a suit which dates back to 1791. The Countess' family recorded disclose the interesting fact that the name DU BARRY is of Irish origin, and not French, as it was usually believed to be.Material
Analog photographyOrigin
1919 New York, United StatesDimensions
Length : 16.5 cmHeight : 22 cm